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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Public service is so, so rewarding

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada 2/16/11 (PennWell) --
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc announced it will buy privately-owned Cloudworks Energy Inc for C185 million (US187 million), expanding its hydroelectric power assets in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The acquisition will help diversify the assets of Innergex, a small Canadian renewable energy producer, which operates run-of-river hydro projects and wind farms mostly in its home province of Quebec.

Jackie Hamilton has held various positions with Cloudworks since 1998, including Regulatory Advisor, Vice President, Environmental & Regulatory, and now is focusing exclusively on Policy Initiatives with the Cloudworks Executive Team, including working on industry initiatives as Chair of the Hydro Committee of IPPBC. Her background is in various BC government environmental assessment and regulatory management positions, and, as a consultant, assisting with approvals and consultation for numerous major projects in BC. She obtained the approvals for ten Cloudworks projects, seven of which are in operation.

I want to comment, but am too angry...again. Anybody from mainstream media reading this? Get out and see for yourselves how you are being duped about the scale of these. At least look at some construction photos. Or are enough dividends coming in and you don't have to worry about the economic folly for the rest of us not on the inside? Bets on when this one goes to foreign ownership as well? Bets on how often this person has been out to respect our wilderness areas? Bets on how much this person has promoted conservation (of anything)?

Without a trace of sensationalism the correct word to denote the seamless intergration of government and business/corporate forces to serve their own interests at the expense of the rest of the peopleis FASCISM! Indeed what is going on in BC is virtually a text book example of fascism gone viral!

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